Ukhrul, April 17: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), while condemning the travel restrictions imposed on Neingulo Krome, Secretary General of the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) by Indian immigration authorities at IGI International airport at New Delhi, has called out Government of India’s (GoI) “suppressive and oppressive nature targeting the Naga indigenous peoples from going outside India to interact with the other indigenous peoples of Asia.”
Terming the GoI’s action violative of the Naga’s human rights, the NSCN in a press statement said that it is a harsh reality the Nagas are made to go through time and again.
The group also accused the Government of India that it is “desperately trying to drive the Nagas to the point to stop them from rightfully propagating themselves as a distinct people with their own historical and political identity.”
“The irony is, India has been caught standing on the wrong side of democracy where its claims as the largest democracy is falling apart when measured by the democratic principles to give equal treatment to the citizens, including the indigenous peoples. India today is thus, no longer the world’s largest democracy,” the statement said.
Further, the statement said, “The question that has hit the political consciousness of the Nagas, why India is getting so panic of letting the world knows about the historic August 3 rd 2015m Framework Agreement, signed between the government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN). This agreement had been uploaded in world social media platforms as desired by government of India, after giving the agreement a high political profile that the world should know from correct perspective.”
“India must stop going too focused on playing faults with the political issue of the Naga indigenous peoples by standing as a roadblock to Naga’s right to self-determination, dignity and cultural identity that broadly defines the historical and political rights of the Nagas. For all purpose of establishing meaningful socio-political peace, not only for the Nagas, but for the entire northeast, India should stop the wildest dream of turning the clock back on Framework Agreement of 3rd August, 2015,” the statement said.
The NSCN then said it stands in solidarity with Neingulo Krome as it expresses its indignation against the government of India for targeting the NPMHR Secretary General, “whose name is synonymous with the voice of the Naga people’s fight for human rights that concerns the historical and political rights of the Nagas,” the group added.